Donald Trump's administration on Saturday was accused of promoting the Russian flag, on Flag Day.The Department of Defense over the weekend wished social media a "Happy Flag Day!""Let us honor the emblem of our nation and the stars and stripes that unite us all. As we display our nations flag and re...

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Donald Trump’s administration on Saturday was accused of promoting the Russian flag, on Flag Day.

The Department of Defense over the weekend wished social media a “Happy Flag Day!”

“Let us honor the emblem of our nation and the stars and stripes that unite us all. As we display our nations flag and reflect on the values it represents, let’s celebrate the freedom, courage and resilience that makes our country great,” the department stated Saturday.

The image attached to the post included two small images that appear to represent the Russian flag.

  • Flax@feddit.ukEnglish
    1309·
    1日前

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    Tweet in question.

    I think there are more serious things to write about the trump administration than a graphic design gaff

    • cenzorrll@lemmy.caEnglish
      9·
      19時間前

      The question I’m constantly asking myself, is this incompetence or Russian influence?

      The answer I usually come up with is “probably both”.

      I see the design choice since the background is blue. But the answer is you change the background or separate the flag colors from it. You don’t go transparent because the background is the color you want. It’s a separate thing and it’s always red-white-blue. This is like wearing a green tie if you’re a weather person, except they’re usually competent and do it on purpose.

      • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
        101·
        19時間前

        The answer I usually come up with is “probably both”.

        I’d throw the “porque no los dos” meme up here, but it was deported last week.

    • RunawayFixer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      446·
      1日前

      To me this looks as much as a gaff as Elon Musk his Nazi salutes. This “gaff” is yet another obvious dog whistle by USA republicans.

            • cenzorrll@lemmy.caEnglish
              6·
              19時間前

              A dog whistle in this context is saying or implying something that could be easily denied, but was intended for a certain specific audience to understand, like how a dog hears the whistle but the owner can’t.

              So I could say “at around 14:00 I helped an 88 year old man at the protests, we should all start doing the same”

              That alone is just a statement about an old man at the protests, the dog whistle is “I was counter protesting with my Nazi friends and we need more of us involved”. Since 14 and 88 are Nazi codes, they’re put in as unnecessary details that wouldn’t normally stand out or really be mentioned in a normal conversation.

            • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
              2·
              19時間前

              A dog whistle is something most people won’t hear/see, but those in the know will. Like an actual dog whistle; a whistle that’s higher pitch than humans can hear but dogs can.

        • Velypso@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          61·
          20時間前

          Unless the military has been controlled by the Russians for well over a hundred years, this is a standard military badge.

          There is no gaff here, just a bunch of people who dont know what symbols the military uses.

          • Doxin@pawb.socialEnglish
            51·
            19時間前

            You’ll find that the usual color layout is red/white/blue, not white/blue/red.

              • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
                41·
                19時間前

                It’s incredibly uncommon, but yes it has been done before. I think it’s unlikely they were referencing these incredibly uncommon medals.

    • Breezy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1022·
      1日前

      This represents any other country with a similar color scheme. Like france, iceland, chile, costa rica, north korea and others. This is honesty a bunch of nothingness, but the left likes to rage over clickbait just as bad as everyone else.

      • Oniononon@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        8時間前

        Its classic design used by russia and russia alone. Thin stripes of russian flag colors. If you live with your head under the sand far from russia you wouldn’t know about it.

      • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        21時間前

        No lie. No matter the order of the stripes, you’re going to come out with someone’s flag.